Fountain Plaza (formerly Huron) is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located in the 500 block of Main Street between Huron and Chippewa Streets. Fountain Plaza serves the northern section of the Buffalo Downtown Central Business District and the Buffalo Theater District since the permanent closing of Theater station on February 18, 2013. Fountain Plaza is at the north end of the Free Fare Zone, where customers traveling north are required to have proof-of-payment.
Fountain Plaza | ||||||||||||
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 Fountain Plaza station's inbound platform in September 2019 | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | 580 Main Street Buffalo, New York | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°53′22″N 78°52′23″W / 42.88944°N 78.87306°W | |||||||||||
| Owned by | NFTA | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low-level side platforms | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Free fare (inbound) Paid fare (outbound) | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | October 9, 1984[1] | |||||||||||
| Rebuilt | March 30 – October 14, 2014 | |||||||||||
| Previous names | Huron | |||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 448,928[2] | |||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||
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Bus connections edit
- At West Chippewa and Pearl Streets (heading south only):
- 7 Baynes-Richmond (inbound)
- 8 Main (inbound)
- 64 Lockport (inbound)
- 66 Williamsville
- 67 Cleveland Hill
- 81 Eastside (inbound)
- 204 Airport–Downtown Express
- At East Chippewa and Washington Streets (heading south only):
- 74 Hamburg
Notable places nearby edit
Fountain Plaza station is located near:
- Alleyway Theatre
- Andrews Theatre
- Babeville
- Courier Express Building
- Market Arcade Building
- AMC Market Arcade 8
- Shea's Performing Arts Center
- Trinity Episcopal Church
- Fountain Plaza
- Buffalo Savings Bank (now M & T Bank)
- Calumet Building
- Electric Building
- Genesee Building (now Hyatt Regency Hotel)
- Genesee Hotel (now Olympic Towers)
- New Era Cap Company
- The Avant (formerly Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Gargan, Edward A. (October 11, 1984). "Trolley Line Returns to Buffalo". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. New York Times Wire Service. p. 33. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Metro Rail Expansion Project Final Scoping Document" (PDF). May 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
External links edit
Media related to Fountain Plaza (NFTA Metro Rail) at Wikimedia Commons
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